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ˈpostillate, v. rare. [f. ppl. stem of med.L. postillāre: see postil v. and -ate3.] = postil v.
1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) VIII. 235 Hewe frere of the ordre Precheours..whiche postillate alle the bible [qui totam bibliam postillavit], and compilede grete concordances on the bible. a1864C. Knight (Webster), Tracts..which belonged to George III and in a few instances are postillated by his own hand. 1864D. P. Kidder Homiletics iv. 95 With the..Reformation both the idea and the practice of postillating were superseded by evangelical preaching. †b. ‘Formerly, To preach by expounding Scripture, verse by verse, in order’ (Webster 1847). Hence postiˈllation, the writing of postils.
1847Webster, Postillation, exposition of Scripture in preaching. 1864Ibid., Postillation, the act of postillating. |